Lost Lambies Confirm Liberals' New Spirits Lease Plan

Tas Labor

The former Jacqui Lambie Network turned Independents Miriam Beswick and Rebekah Pentland have sided with the Liberals yet again.

It's been a rough week for the duo. They threw their support behind disgraced former Minister Michael Ferguson after his fate had already been sealed, and now they are cheerleading a Liberals' policy that will deliver a slap in the face to Tasmania's tourism and hospitality sector - leasing the new Spirits to another country for the next two summers.

If the ships are leased to another country, the Tasmanian taxpayers have spent $1 billion to support another country's tourism and hospitality industry while our own suffers through the worst trading conditions they've faced in years.

Not only is the project five years delayed, $500 million over budget, with no berth constructed, but the billion-dollar ships might not even be new by the time they arrive. Premier Rockliff needs to immediately rule out leasing our new Spirits overseas.

When they were elected, I wonder if Tasmanians knew they were getting two more Liberals?

Shane Broad MP

Leader of Opposition Business in the House of Assembly

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